Arizona Task Force 1, which is managed by the Phoenix Fire Department, is ready and waiting to be called upon to assist with relief efforts.

Phoenix Fire Department crews are on standby to help with the raging inferno in southern California as citizens continue to scramble for safety. FOX 10's Desiree Fluellen has more.

PHOENIX — Phoenix Fire is preparing to send Arizona Task Force 1 to assist with rapidly expanding wildfires burning in southern California. RELATED: Arizona firefighters join California's battle as wildfires prompt mass evacuations Phoenix Fire Department shifted its position Wednesday as the fires continued to grow and is now preparing to activate Arizona Task Force 1.

Russo, who served as a longtime environmental consultant for Trump’s businesses, “will lead our Environmental Advisory Task Force, which will advise my Administration on initiatives to create great jobs and protect our natural resources, by following my policy of CLEAN AIR and CLEAN WATER,” Trump announced.

Donald Trump tapped a loyalist who wrote a book calling the president-elect an "environmental hero" to head up an Environmental Advisory Task Force.